NGOs from migrant-sending countries periodically condemn Gulf states for the inequitable treatment of detained or convicted migrant workers. Gulf legal systems systematically preclude migrant workers from obtaining just trials by barring their access to fair representation and subjecting them to undue …
In recent years, rights organizations and advocates have gradually singled-out the sponsorship (kafala) system for engendering imbalanced employer-employee relationships that trespass onto migrant lab...
Recently, we’ve published amalgamations of violence towards migrants in the region at the end or beginning of each month. We include suicides in these round-ups because they are often manifestations...
Earlier this week, two long-time domestic workers filed sexual harassment claims against UAE ambassador to Manilla Moosa Abdulwahid Alkhajah. The two women resigned after repeatedly rejecting his adva...
A recent Gallup poll revealed that Saudi Arabia, ahead of the UAE and trailing behind the U.S., is the second most-preferred destination for migrant workers. The poll’s results are unsurprising ...
The Abu Dhabi Dialogue brings together migrant-sending and migrant-receiving nations to discuss labor and migration issues in the Gulf and other migrant hotspots. The 20 nations in attendance adopted ...
Indonesia’s ratification of the UN Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families is a major achievement for migrant workers across the Gulf. Adopted...